List of edible nuts

According to the botanical definition, nuts are a particular kind of seed. Walnuts and acorns are example of nuts, under this definition. In culinary terms, however, the term is used more broadly to include fruits that are not botanically qualified as nuts, but that have a similar appearance and culinary role. Examples of culinary nuts include almonds, peanuts and cashews.

• Almond
• Beech
• Butternut
• Brazilnut
• Candlenut
• Cashew
• Chestnuts, including:
  • Chinese Chestnut
  • Malabar chestnut
  • Sweet Chestnut
• Colocynth
• Cucurbita ficifolia
• Filbert
• Hickory, including
  • Pecan
  • Shagbark Hickory
• Kola nut
• Macadamia
• Mamoncillo
• Maya nut
• Oak acorns
• Ogbono nut
• Paradise nut
• Pili nut
• Pistachio
• Walnut

Nut-like gymnosperm seeds

Pine nuts are a Gymnosperm seed that is edible

• Cycads
• Ginkgo
• Gnetum gnemon
• Juniper
• Monkey-puzzle
• Pine nuts, including
  • Chilgoza Pine
  • Korean Pine
  • Stone Pine
  • Colorado Pinyon
  • Mexican Pinyon
  • Single-leaf Pinyon
• Podocarps